N.M. Stat. § 52-1-44
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§ 52-1-44. Compensation benefits; facial disfigurement
Official statutory text
For serious permanent disfigurement about the face or head, the workers' compensation judge may allow, in addition to other compensation benefits that may be allowed under the Workers' Compensation Act, an additional sum for compensation on account of the serious permanent disfigurement as he deems just but not to exceed a maximum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).
Status: in_force
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